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Robert Gillespie James

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana · 1998

Robert Gillespie James , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Robert Gillespie James (born June 19, 1946) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, and was one of the judges involved in a 2006 water rights legal case, Normal Parm v. Sheriff Mark Shumate.

Education

  • Louisiana Tech UniversityB.A., 1968
  • Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center)J.D., 1971

Career

Private practice, Ruston, Louisiana, 1971-1998; Business law instructor, Louisiana Tech University, 1992-1998; Judge, Ruston [Louisiana] City Court, 1985-1998

Biography

Robert Gillespie James (born June 19, 1946) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, and was one of the judges involved in a 2006 water rights legal case, Normal Parm v. Sheriff Mark Shumate.

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